Ashley Graham Quotes

Ashley Graham

American Model

Born: Oct 30, 1987

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You can be sexy and feel good in your skin, no matter what size you are. Ashley Graham

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This confidence is not something that happens overnight. I have been working on it for a long time. I look in the mirror and do affirmations: 'You are bold. You are brilliant. You are beautiful.' If my lower pooch is really popping out that day, I look at it and say, 'Pooch, you are cute!' Ashley Graham

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As women gain weight, they start judging themselves. But who cares! Embrace what you have. Say, 'Belly, you might be poking out today, but I'm going to choose to love you and nurture you.' Ashley Graham

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I remember thinking, 'If I don't love the woman that I look at in the mirror, I am never going to be successful.' That was the moment I had to start convincing myself to look in the mirror and start saying, 'I love you.' Ashley Graham

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There's something to be said about just being vulnerable. Every woman has gone through something in her life that has been an image issue, or it has been something where somebody told her she's not good enough. And every woman can relate to that. Ashley Graham

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'Sexy' is a state of mind, and it can come in all shapes and sizes. It is different for every person. Ashley Graham

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I dated all the wrong men. I thought I could feel appreciated in my body through guys. Ashley Graham

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I'm trying to change how women think about themselves. Ashley Graham

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There are reasons to set boundaries for yourself, but there are also reasons to keep doors open. Ashley Graham

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I think that when you use the word 'plus-size,' you're putting all these women in a category: 'You don't eat well.' 'You don't work out.' 'You could care less about your body.' 'You're insecure.' 'You have no confidence.' Ashley Graham

A lot of bodybuilders have high BMIs. It's not an indication of your overall health. Like, why put more standards on women saying there's a maximum BMI? I just think we need to be healthy, and I am. Ashley Graham

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I just don't live my life in a world where I am not feeling my best, and feeling my best is feeling sexy. Ashley Graham

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I think that no woman has to defend her body, and she should just live her truth. It should never be about the number size of her pants, and it should be about what you're doing in the world. What does her brain look like and not her hip size. Ashley Graham

Do I sometimes wish I were thinner? God, in the old days, absolutely I did, but now I feel that to lose weight would be disloyal to myself. Ashley Graham

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A lot of who I am is connected to my size, and I am so happy with who I am. Ashley Graham

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People want to see themselves in the industry that, for so long, has ostracized girls of my size. Ashley Graham

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Does any woman really just come in and say, 'I'm a plus-size woman?' Maybe as a defense mechanism or maybe as a way to kind of cope with fitting into society but... I just think it's divisive. Ashley Graham

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I used to be bound by people who placed limits on what they thought I could do. Through that, I learned that if you want something, you have to be the one to go out and do it. If you don't ask for something, you're not going to get it. Ashley Graham

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This is the thing: I know I'm paving the way for the next generation of girls, and they're not going to have to do this. That's what I hope. I'll take the brunt work and just handle it, and then you guys can just sail right on through. Ashley Graham

What you see is what you get. I don't change who I am from public to private. Ashley Graham

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We can't create change until we recognize and check our own actions. Ashley Graham

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That's really truly what my message is - finding self love within yourself and not comparing yourself to others - because there's no such thing as perfection, because perfection doesn't exist. Ashley Graham

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